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European BMX rounds 2013 host countries:
-Latvia
-Sweden
-Germany
-France 

3 ABA/UCI rounds…3 days of racing…2 wins and a crash. Flying from California to Florida we had flight delays and we didn't get into Tampa Florida until early hours of the morning. We drove from Tampa to Orlando arriving at 5am to get 5hours sleep get up unpack our bikes and race day one of racing. It was nice to get back on a bigger hill again in Florida the race had a cool little vibe to it. It was not only 3 ABA rounds there was also a Disney Cup for overall winner of the 3 days of racing. 

This upcoming weekend the Stoppelcross Motocross season kicks off in Handel, NL. It's the best Motocross series, full of people who think they can ride, but in fact, they suck. It's for the people who only ride a couple of times a year because they're busy doing something else. This means some BMX-ers will participate once again. On the list are a.o. Jeffrey van der Biezen, Glenn van de Wetering, Harm van Brussel, Wilco Groenendaal, Philip de Jong, Frank "Lippe" Weckert, Pieter

For the first time in the long history of BMX in the United States, there will be one national schedule. In June of 2011, the American Bicycle Association acquired the assets of the National Bicycle League and formed USA BMX. With the formation of USA BMX comes the advent of one national schedule, one sanctioning body, and in the end …one national champion. The USA BMX schedule kicks off in January in Reno, 

Sunday podium spots of the ABA race held at the Isla Del Encanto, Rincon, Puerto Rico.

Elite Men
1 Maris Strombergs
2 Sam Willoughby
3 Barry Nobles

Elite Women
1 Dom Daniels
2 Amanda Geving
3 Alaina Henderson

Saturday Elite podiums

Elite Men
1 Sam Willoughby

Racing felt good 1 week ago in Geneva, but some bad luck got me injured again… I felt good on Saturday during round 5 of the European Championship in Geneva, Switzerland. The track and facility around was great. We also had some nice weather, so nothing to complain about.

Riding went good, I won all my laps till the semi final. In this semi final I had a decent start, but made a small mistake when I tried to pedal over the first roller. I lost some speed, so I was in 2nd place into turn 1. In this same turn a French guy made a not so smooth move, so I almost flipped over my handlebar. Luckily I was able to stay on my bike, but I couldn’t jump the Pro-Section because I lost all my speed. 5th place wasn’t enough to make the final, so that was a bummer for me.

On Sunday I felt a little tired, but riding still came out pretty good. I made the final, but after a few meters I went down